/e/OS - e Foundation - deGoogled unGoogled smartphone operating systems and online services - your data is your data
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ECOSYSTEMKEY FEATURESGET /E/OSNEED HELP /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, mobile ecosystem /e/OS is an open-source mobile operating system paired with carefully selected applications. They form a privacy-enabled internal system for your smartphone. And it’s not just claims: open-source means auditable privacy. /e/OS has received academic recognition from researchers at…

When i was considerong buying a fairphone, fairphones with e/os came up and wondered if it was a good option for privacy.

I do not like pixels, and would love nothing to do with that phone. I prefer my one plus and if i can keep that still have my privacy, that would be nice.

E/os can be put on different android phones my one plus included.

  • Undertaker@feddit.org
    1·
    4 days ago

    The point was privacy. Calyx has the philosophy that sending data to Google is good so you do not appear as unusual. But they forget that you can’t be detected by Google as an unusual user if you do not connect to Google at all.

    • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      4 days ago

      CalyxOS comes with MicroG just as many of the LineageOS forks but allows you to disable it, among other options.

      Options for running microG in CalyxOS

      1. microG disabled
      2. microG enabled, no Google Account, push notifications disabled
      3. microG enabled, no Google Account, push notifications enabled (default)
      4. microG enabled, with a Google Account

      https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/microg/